]]>http://news.rice.edu/files/2018/05/ful-b-26lxw8q.jpg2018 Fulbright winnersFaculty, staff honored for excellence in teaching, mentoring, servicehttp://news.rice.edu/2018/04/23/faculty-staff-honored-for-excellence-in-teaching-mentoring-service-6/
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:45:15 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=110617Each year, the university honors members of the Rice community who have served the students through outstanding teaching, dedication and service.

]]>http://news.rice.edu/files/2018/04/OTHER-b-1sxz4nh.jpgteaching awardsRice experts available to discuss Trump rollback of US relations with Cubahttp://news.rice.edu/2017/06/15/rice-experts-available-to-discuss-trump-rollback-of-us-relations-with-cuba/
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:27:02 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=101361Rice experts available to discuss Trump rollback of US relations with Cuba

]]>http://news.rice.edu/files/2017/06/cuba-artemisa-b-art-159okyl.jpgFans watch Rice and Artemisa play a baseball game in Artemisa, Cuba, Nov. 25, 2016.‘Sophie La Belle and the Miniature Cities’ by Rice’s Heffes is a ‘dazzling postmodern fairytale’http://news.rice.edu/2017/03/27/sophie-la-belle-and-the-miniature-cities-by-rices-heffes-is-a-dazzling-postmodern-fairytale/
Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:50:24 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=98471At a time when debates over immigration and refugees are dominating the headlines, a new book by Rice’s Gisela Heffes explores the fragile, fraught interaction between those on the inside and those on the outside.

]]>http://news.rice.edu/files/2017/03/0327_BOOK-b-20g2gto.jpgGisela HeffesAlumnus’ gift supports study abroad in Spainhttp://news.rice.edu/2016/06/23/alumnus-gift-supports-study-abroad-in-spain/
http://news.rice.edu/2016/06/23/alumnus-gift-supports-study-abroad-in-spain/#respondThu, 23 Jun 2016 20:19:01 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=90659In honor of his entrepreneurial father, Rice alumnus Jean-Pierre Baizán ’90 has established an endowment at the university that will provide undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to travel to Spain to improve their proficiency in speaking Spanish and/or conducting research on a facet of the country’s history, culture, literature or music.

]]>http://news.rice.edu/2016/06/23/alumnus-gift-supports-study-abroad-in-spain/feed/0http://news.rice.edu/files/2016/06/0627_ABROAD-b-24ak24d.jpgThe Way I See It: Obama in Cuba — Un nuevo díahttp://news.rice.edu/2016/03/28/the-way-i-see-it-obama-in-cuba-un-nuevo-dia/
http://news.rice.edu/2016/03/28/the-way-i-see-it-obama-in-cuba-un-nuevo-dia/#commentsMon, 28 Mar 2016 14:58:16 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=87891Erika de la Garza, program director of the Latin America Initiative at Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, was recently in Cuba traveling with a group of Rice students in the Trends in Cuban Culture class. She analyzes President Barack Obama's March 20-22 visit to Cuba and concludes that he "marked a positive start to a new era in U.S.-Cuba relations."

]]>http://news.rice.edu/2016/03/28/the-way-i-see-it-obama-in-cuba-un-nuevo-dia/feed/1http://news.rice.edu/files/2016/03/0328_TWISI-b-2assg9s.jpgRice students expand Spanish-language skills with help of Cuban refugeeshttp://news.rice.edu/2016/03/14/rice-students-expand-spanish-language-skills-with-help-of-cuban-refugees/
http://news.rice.edu/2016/03/14/rice-students-expand-spanish-language-skills-with-help-of-cuban-refugees/#respondMon, 14 Mar 2016 15:39:21 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=87451In carefully practiced Spanish, 24 Rice students in Victoria Arbizu-Sabater’s two Spanish Language and Culture classes recently gave colorful PowerPoint presentations in which they recounted their experiences and impressions gathered from conversations with Cuban refugees at Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston.

]]>http://news.rice.edu/2016/03/14/rice-students-expand-spanish-language-skills-with-help-of-cuban-refugees/feed/0http://news.rice.edu/files/2016/03/0314_CUBA-b-1rvgtkq.jpgUnconventional students at Rice: The observer who got involvedhttp://news.rice.edu/2015/03/03/unconventional-students-at-rice-the-observer-who-got-involved/
http://news.rice.edu/2015/03/03/unconventional-students-at-rice-the-observer-who-got-involved/#respondTue, 03 Mar 2015 16:17:15 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=72218Reed Thornburg is the consummate humanities student. The Hanszen College senior is a double major in art history and Spanish and Portuguese and minoring in math. He also is the editor of the Rice Thresher's satirical Backpage.

]]>http://news.rice.edu/2015/03/03/unconventional-students-at-rice-the-observer-who-got-involved/feed/0http://news.rice.edu/files/2015/03/0303_Thornburg-b.jpgRice students, eighth-graders form a bicultural bondhttp://news.rice.edu/2012/04/06/rice-students-eighth-graders-form-a-bicultural-bond/
http://news.rice.edu/2012/04/06/rice-students-eighth-graders-form-a-bicultural-bond/#respondFri, 06 Apr 2012 15:08:13 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=25613A group of Rice Spanish students visited some local eighth-graders for an “intercambio,” or exchange, designed to let bicultural, Spanish-speaking students share their experiences and learn from each other.